• There are probably 200 companies selling itraconazole, but not all are manufacturers. This is the list for Brazil, as an example. These are the preparations currently available: Estiranox; Fungonax; Itracotan; Itrahexal; Itralex costs $0.78 per capsule – data sheet here: (https://www.anvisa.gov.br/datavisa/fila_bula/frmVisualizarBula.asp?pNuTransacao=7311862015&pIdAne xo=2805226); Itraspor; Itrazol; Neo Itrax; Sporanox costs $6.39 per capsule.; Spozol; Traconal; Traztzol; Traxonol.

• In this link https://www.gaffi.org/antifungal-drug-maps/ you can consult the maps of availability and price of antifungals.

• In this publication, you can find further relevant information: Matthew Kneale, Jennifer S. Bartholomew, Emma Davies and David W. Denning. Global access to antifungal therapy and its variable cost. J Antimicrob Chemother 2016; 71: 3599–3606. ECHO information At Project ECHO the mission is to democratize medical knowledge and help get best practice care to underserved people all over the world.

Online training resource. Online microscopy training course now available which will have a fourth module added for rare fungal diseases including mycetoma. This will allow remote training: www.microfungi.net. Linked through www.LIFE-Worldwide.org Identify centres that can carry out mycetoma diagnostic testing